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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.5 Y4 z: \+ l/ H
我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時,看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。2 z' N2 m/ V8 ^/ C$ T$ \* _7 U
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.' P6 l+ ~ ~ D
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '
* [) T" ~/ O9 U O. C3 J' D收銀員說:『抱歉!你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』) a% I- |/ l- l/ i
0 M' s* L# p; i6 ~* Q2 l& ]5 mThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,9 c) k5 j3 @+ j* r, b, t0 `
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
h( X/ x! H$ a6 t+ T; e小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人:8 j: `6 c' @3 W& e
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「奶奶!妳也認為我的錢不 嗎?」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
7 Y+ M+ z! `) q8 A1 n: i |老婦人回道:「親愛的!你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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6 P% _, ~- Z& @5 q) V& S: \Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
5 w3 V; @2 o: d g; O她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘,她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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0 _- `: E; O4 ?; y8 {The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
9 m) }1 I( v& M1 h k小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。) H: S; G, r t. z' v( d1 T
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Finally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.
8 d8 @& m$ ^2 m7 H最後我向他走去,問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas." A, x4 F* Z3 _: r y
『這是我妹妹的最愛,非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
& }3 l' t& Z) E1 i) k3 E' S她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
" ?1 q' F, Q7 TI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.
" J+ t5 A+ c, F9 a我告訴他不用擔心,聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
- Q4 V" k: @1 z) f" ?, O但他哀傷地回答我『不!聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽,當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '; F% _1 S; A. }9 a5 c/ M
他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝,因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』, {: z1 L) P; S# m
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My heart nearly stopped.; P4 y" p$ {# L' Z) D4 \- l8 e
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '0 q* [8 q8 L# G2 p! @
小男孩看我說:『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走,讓她等我從購物中心回來。』
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1 p5 y/ m7 J! r7 b9 R tThen he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '; e4 E# R0 ~- O7 D: o# ~- D
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片,這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '9 n# s2 }$ i4 w+ U; i0 n; r
『我愛我的媽媽,我希望她不要離開我,但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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' g* H% i: N; c' {$ B1 V) S* O- s7 yThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
2 |/ J: S+ e' t然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。2 ?2 r& K6 Y4 Z6 F2 i
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I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
/ \* I2 ^5 o$ S, l/ V' T. n我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下,說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』) \; R9 r4 q5 x% R
( ^9 S: H2 X1 q* _# r9 w3 k'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
! g0 O5 x$ @6 }: }: ?『好呀!』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見,我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中,我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了,甚之還有剩餘呢。4 J* `) n; ^! ^8 q1 o; Q( A% R# F
! g' v3 ?( A: n8 N+ i e- \The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '' {& r3 R+ Y2 C
小男孩說:『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '$ ^! b* V# C; U! e3 V# X$ o
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前,我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃,因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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6 S: l" }0 }4 R8 ?( l! m'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽,但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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6 B; B8 C4 N2 N& X/ g; B: Y( q1 f'My mommy loves white roses. '
4 S! l; S+ P* i% U『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket., J3 ^$ x/ h& p5 t% L
幾分鐘後,老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。- d5 f$ [! F. i7 u) |
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.9 D8 \! Q2 I7 i' f! T: t$ w
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。6 y' ~7 l/ {! e2 _1 M5 z2 p* c8 _
1 V k' ~) l: ~2 X/ ?) X. e8 ^I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
; M# {0 |) S" z! c小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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/ t# o: \5 i8 r. G3 rThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young' C; A5 t+ A: |$ y3 A* y$ z9 ?6 b/ @5 P
woman and a little girl.1 T1 l7 \' s; d: W( }" q
我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章,提及一位醉酒卡車司機,撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。/ F, p5 x4 ]. D4 [% m
1 Z! w O: m1 p" Q/ }The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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小女孩當場死亡,母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
1 v, t8 E+ m Y+ ]4 v7 G$ D,因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。/ N) ]' `) ~5 ]
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Was this the family of the little boy?
! X4 B% ? [% s* d' U他就是這家庭的小男孩?
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$ h! O# c- J+ Z$ ]( A; Y. M: d) |Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.) X" g' `! m; S2 s6 O9 o& J' X
碰到小男孩的二天之後,我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。( F7 t( p* i5 P: ~. G" J
! s/ Z4 B3 H+ N4 i3 z7 LI couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.7 c# L+ O3 o, j! o- o( i
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰,來到喪家,年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。. ~( J# u+ `% f6 t0 O8 V
8 s9 X0 g; V' n# h. E7 d* NShe was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
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我離開了這裡,眼淚奪眶而出,覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今,小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛,仍然難以想像。
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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